I commonly use this for the greenery in a floral embroidery. Let's add another one to our library, this time Fly Stitch. Simple so far? Fly stitch flowers and leaves So at this point we have learned how to sew a flower using two (no three!) basic embroidery stitches. We can use a combination of stitches to embroider flowers.įor the photo, I utilized detached chains to create petals and leaves, along with stem stitches for stalks and French knots. These can serve for both the stamens and the flower itself.Īrranged in a circle with the knots to the outside you end up with a passable representation of an aster. Mass them together around a stem and you can produce flowers such as bluebells or grape hyacinths.Ī variation on the normal French knot embroidery stitches are French knots on stalks. Place them randomly along a stem or branch, and you have tiny blossoms or rosebuds. Put four or five together in a ring, with a central knot in a different colour of embroidery floss and you have forget-me-knots or other small flowers. One french knot will work for the smallest flower in a design. I used French knots for the centre of the flowers above, but we can also use them in various ways to create the flowers themselves.įull instructions along with a video are on my main stitch a French knot page.
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